Henry peter monday



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H. P. MONDAY. GAR COUPLING.

Patented May 21, 1889..

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HENRY PETER MONDAY, OF STOUTLAND, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO BENJAMIN F. TIPTON, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,600, dated May 21, 1889.

Application filed February 13, 1889, Serial No. 299,740. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY PETER MONDAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stoutland, in the county of Camden and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Car-Couplings, of which the follow ing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in car-couplings; and it consists in certain novel construction and combination of devices fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved coupler applied in the operative position to the end of a car. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar view looking in the opposite direction. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on the line 00 a: of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a-detail view of a bent link;

Referring by letter to the drawings, A designates the draw-head havinga flared mouth, a, which is provided at one side with the inwardly-projecting lip a", for a purpose to be hereinafter described, and B designates a horizon tal transverse pin which extends across the mouth of the draw-head in rear of the said lip.

C designates the swinging jaw, which is pivoted at its rear end on a vertical bolt, 0, and

the jaw is divided at its front end to form the two members 0 C, which operate, respectively, above and below the transverse pin B, and are provided on the side away from the lip a with engaging shoulders c 0. An extensile coiled spring, D, is arranged between the plain side of the jaw -namely, the side which is not provided with the engaging shoulders-and the adjacent side of the throat of the draw-head, so as to normally hold the free ends of the jaw pressed toward the opposite side of the throat.

The couplingdink E is provided on one side at each end with an engaging shoulder, which is adapted to engage the shoulder on one of the members of the jaw, the end of the link being tapered or pointed, so as to force its way between the free end of the swinging jaw and the adjacent side of the draw-head. The link may engage with either member of the jaw, according to the height of the draw-head of the car which carries the link, and the throat of the draw-head is provided at a suitable point with a vertical stop-rib, F, which limits the insertion of the link. This rib is provided on its front side with shoulders f f, under which the inner end of the link may be engaged to hold the free end of the latter in the same horizontal plane with the inner end. G represents an operating-lever which is pivoted to a bracket, g, on the upper side of the draw-head, and it consists of the long arm H, which projects out to the side of the car, the angular portion II, which is pivoted to the said bracket, and the depending arm H which is connected at its free end to the free end of the jaw by the horizontal link h, the said link extending through a perforation, h, in the side of the draw-head. The free end of the long arm of the lever is provided with a vertical handle, H and it will be evident that when this handle is drawn downward, as in dicated by the dottedlines in Fig. 4, the free end of the jaw will be swunglaterally and the end of the link will be disengaged. When the jaw is drawn laterally in this manner, it retreats behind the laterally-projecting lip on the side of the mouth of the draw-head and is concealed thereby.

K designates a small latch which is pivoted within the throat of the draw-head and engages at its free end in a notch, it, in the plain. side of the jaw to hold the latter in the locked position, and L designates an angular latchlever which is pivoted to the upper side of the operating-lever and has its vertical portion or handle Z arranged adjacent to the handle of the said operating-lever,whereby both handles may be grasped simultaneously with one hand. A leaf-spring, M, is arranged between the said handles to normally hold them separated.

The long arm of the latch-lever extends through a guide-loop, N, on-the operating-arm to prevent lateral play, and the free end of the said arm is connected to the free end of the latch by a vertical connecting-rod,0, which passes through aperforation in the upper side of the draw-head.

The operation of the improved coupler will be evident from the foregoing description. The latch normally holds the jaw locked in 2 r Y i 403,600

the engaging position, so that the link cannot become accidentally disengaged, and when a link carried by an approaching draw-head is about to enter the draw-head the latch-lever must be drawn up so as to raisethe latch and disengagethej aw. To disengage the link in order to disconnect two cars, the handlesof the latch-lever and operating-lever are grasped, the handle of the formeris drawn toward that of the latter, and the free'end-of the operating-lever is drawn down, as hereinbefore described, to swing the free end of the jaw behind the concealing-lip a.

The bent link shown in Fig. :3 is designed to be used to facilitate the coupling of cars, having draweheads of differentheights' Having thus described my invention, I claim j 1. In a car-coupling, the combination, with the draw-head provided at its mouthwith the inwardlyextending lip a, of the swinging jaw pivoted in the throat of the'd'raw-head against/the pressure of the and adapted to'swingat its free end in rear of the said lip, the spring to'normallyhold the free end. of the jaw away from the said lip, and the operating-lever connected to-the jaw to enable the latter toibe drawn laterally said spriugrsu-b stantially as specified; A r

2. :In a car-coupling, thecombination, with the. draw-head having atransverse horizontal pin 'adjacentwto its mouth, of the?swinging' j awe-pivoted in the throat ofthe draw-head andprovided'at its free'end'wvith'two men'r" bers; G =G:","Which are arranged, respectively," above and' below thesaidtransv'erse pin andhaveengaging shoulders c 0" to engage corresponding shoulders on the ilink, the spring connectedto the said-jaw, andftheoperating lever connected to the jaw to enable the" latter to bebperated againstthe-pressureo'fthei-f spring, substantiallyas specifi'ed;

' and engage theshouldersthereof, substan-" 3; In a car coupling, the combination, withthedraw head provided-with a horizontal pin,

B, near itslfree end, and having'astoperib, F, 1 provided with'shouldersffi of "the jaw pivoted in the throat ofthe draw-head 'andprovidedwith the shouldered membersO O, the operating-leverconnected to the free end of the jaw,'and the link provided with shoulders to-engagethe shoulders of" the jaw and hav ing tapered ends ,to bear against the s'top-rib* tially asspecified.

4. In a car-coupling, the combination, with the draw-head and the swinging spring-aetu ated jaw pivoted in the throat thereof, of the operating-lever pivoted ,to the'draw-head and engaging the jaw to lock it in position, and

the latch-lever mounted on the operating-lewhich is connectedto the free end of the jaw, 7 o I and the latch mounted on the operating-lever and connected to the latch, the handles of the said lever being arranged adjacent N130: each other and normallyheld separated byan in '6. In a car-coupling, "the i'co r'i'ibinati'om'witli' the draw-head, the swinging s ring-acreage jaw arranged therein, and" the mtqh lrarg ranged in the throat of the draw-head and engaging a notch, lain the jaw to 'hold fthe 8o I latter in e igf i i gs 0f he b i' it ing-lever G;p'i'voted to a bracket onthe upper] I side'of the draw head and comprisin'gfth'ef tical handle, HZthe' angular portion H, and the ep in Hi h h 1s f h t tg d at, its lower end to the 'free'xend ofthefjaw by the link h;the latch-lever"pivotedj'toj the long arm ofthe operating-levenektendingthrough fg'o j a guide loop' thereon and provided with'a yerthe h'andle of the bperati ng-jlever', the 011,

necting-rod between'the freeendof'thelatchlever and the free offthelatch, and the leaf-spring arranged between the handles of v the saidjlevers', held separated, 'substan'ti ya sp ifies I ;testimonythatiterm th forego ing a i mini presence off'two witnesses.

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